Sirmondian constitutions

The Sirmondian Constitutions are a set of Roman laws dealing with church matters. They take their name from their first editor, Jacques Sirmond. Some of the laws are also copied into the Theodosian Code, but in abbreviated form. The full collection survives only in a single early medieval manuscript now in Berlin, the so-called Codex Lugdunensis.

There is a longstanding debate about their authenticity. Some historians, such as Elisabeth Magnou-Nortier, think they are church forgeries, while others, such as Olivier Huck, argue strongly that they are genuine.[1] Recent work has tended to suggest that they are essentially genuine but may have been edited, perhaps as part of preparations for the Second Council of Mâcon in 582.[2]

Editions

The standard edition is Theodosiani libri XVI cum Constitutionibus Sirmondianis et Leges Novellae ad Theodosianum pertinentes, ed. T. Mommsen and P. M. Meyer, 2 vols (Berlin,1905). This is translated as The Theodosian Code and Novels and the Sirmondian Constitutions. A Translation with Commentary, Glossary, and Bibliography, trans. and ed. C. Pharr (New York,1952)

References

Huck, O. (January 2004). "Encore à propos des Sirmondiennes… : arguments présentés à l'appui de la thèse de l'authenticité, en réponse à une mise en cause récente". Antiquité Tardive (in German). 11: 181–196. doi:10.1484/J.AT.2.300257. ISSN 1250-7334.
Esders, Stefan; Reimitz, Helmut (2019). "After Gundovald, before Pseudo-Isidore: episcopal jurisdiction, clerical privilege and the uses of Roman law in the Frankish kingdoms". Early Medieval Europe. 27 (1): 85–111. doi:10.1111/emed.12315. ISSN 1468-0254.

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[1] Huck, O. (January 2004). "Encore à propos des Sirmondiennes… : arguments présentés à l'appui de la thèse de l'authenticité, en réponse à une mise en cause récente". Antiquité Tardive (in German). 11: 181–196. doi:10.1484/J.AT.2.300257. ISSN 1250-7334.

[2] Esders, Stefan; Reimitz, Helmut (2019). "After Gundovald, before Pseudo-Isidore: episcopal jurisdiction, clerical privilege and the uses of Roman law in the Frankish kingdoms". Early Medieval Europe. 27 (1): 85–111. doi:10.1111/emed.12315. ISSN 1468-0254.